Archive of the June 2014

Another busy week ahead in the weather department. We’re watching the threat for strong to severe storms across the Plains and Midwest with a focus on parts of Iowa, Northern Missouri, Southern Wisconsin, Northern and Central Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. Large hail, damaging winds and strong isolated tornadoes are possible:

And we’re also focusing on a developing tropical system that could dampen (or soak) some plans this 4th of July…

Hurricane Hunters are flying in to investigate this disturbance this afternoon, and we’ll have a better handle on the exact track and strength this time tomorrow afternoon.

One computer model is predicting a pretty nasty day for the Carolina/Midatlantic Coast. This is just one model – so don’t take it as gospel. We’ll keep an eye on it…

Meanwhile, it’s feeling a lot like summer for much of the country! I feel an ice cream break coming on….

I was on-air last night when we saw live video of rare twin tornadoes moving through Northeastern Nebraska. The town of Pilger was devastated with catastrophic damage, deaths and many injuries from a super cell thunderstorm that spawned several tornadoes including these two powerful twisters:

It is not unprecedented to see several tornadoes drop and rotate around a parent storm, but to have two mature, violent tornadoes like this so close together for such a long period of time is incredibly rare.

There were close to three dozen tornado reports in yesterday’s outbreak in several states:

Believe it or not, we’re still “below average” when it comes to tornado reports so far this year:

As for today and tomorrow, here’s a look at today’s potential severe risk:

If you live in any of these areas, please keep a close eye on the sky and we’ll watch for the latest warnings from the Fox News Extreme weather center!

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Janice Dean joined FOX News Channel in January 2004 and currently serves as Senior meteorologist. She is a member of the American Meteorological Society and was awarded the AMS Seal of Approval in 2009. Dean is the author of the forthcoming children's book, "Freddy the Frogcaster" (Regnery Kids) which will be published in August. You can also follow Janice on Twitter.